The New Zealand Breakers have all but resigned to their fate this season and allowed Corey Webster to join the Zhejiang Guangsha Lions in China on a short-term deal. Abercrombie stepped up with 10 points in the third quarter as the Breakers took a five-point lead into the final quarter. The website features live and on demand videos, basketball news, over 70,00 …

Ordinarily they might be considered wise to leave well enough alone and continue to roll with the players who have turned their season around since Webster's departure. New Zealand Breakers' guard Corey Webster hasn't given up on cracking the NBA. The New Zealand Breakers welcomed back Corey Webster from injury and clinched back-to-back home wins with a 96-85 victory over the Brisbane Bullets tonight. The Bullets, coached by former Breakers mentor Andrej Lemanis, have won six straight and are in the box seat for the fourth and final playoff spot. Webster's younger brother, Corey Webster (born 29 November 1988) is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the New Zealand Breakers of the National Basketball League (NBL).

Webster would be one heck of a fill-in if he was cleared for the pivotal visit to Brisbane which could determine their playoff fate. "On the go and no time to finish that story right now? Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images

Corey Webster is back with the New Zealand Breakers, and he has a lot to prove. FIBA organises the most famous and prestigious international basketball competitions including the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the FIBA World Championship for Women and the FIBA 3x3 World Tour.

Tall Blacks and Breakers star Corey Webster is heading back to New Zealand after China's national league was shut down due to ongoing health fears around the coronavirus epidemic. Tony was a standout basketball player in his own right, earning first-team All-WAC honours at Hawaii in 1983 and ranking fourth on Hawaii's career steals list before playing professionally in New Zealand. After catching 7 passes for 74 yards as a true freshman, Webster converted to Cornerback for the 2002 season. And then Hopson shone by scoring 12 of his 14 points in the final quarter, helping the hosts to a 96-85 win in front of a crowd of more than 5000.

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